Word Works Books

Cafe Muse: Lara Vergnaud and Mary-Sherman Willis
2017-08-21 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the translators Lara Vergnaud and Mary-Sherman Willis. This is a DC ALT program organized by Katherine E. Young
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—Phillip B. Williams & Joseph Ross
2017-07-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015

Cafe Muse: Jennifer Barber and Jayne Benjulian
2017-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Jennifer Barber and Jayne Benjulian.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—Jessica Cuello & Melissa Scholes Young
2017-07-16 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—Khadijah Queen & Maggie Rosen
2017-07-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—Devin Kelly & KT Landon
2017-07-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—RG Evans & Amber West
2017-06-25 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015

Cafe Muse: Karren Alenier and Nancy White
2017-06-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Karren Alenier and Nancy White.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—Donika Kelly & Michelle Tokarczyk
2017-06-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—David Eye & William Notter
2017-06-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series—Roger Sedarat & Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Cindy Song & Olivia Tucker
2017-06-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015
Join us at the Rock Creek Nature Center auditorium to hear poetry by Roger Sedarat and the Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Cindy Song & Olivia Tucker.

Bring a short poem for the open reading (sign up begins at 2:45).

Plenty of free parking. The Nature Center is located at the far north side of the Horse Stables. Wheel chair accessible.

Visitor info: 202-895-6070

The first program, hosted by Jason Gebhardt, includes a reading of Joaquin Miller’s poem “Columbus” by Miles David Moore.

Roger Sedarat is the 2016 winner of The Word Works Tenth Gate Prize for his collection Haji as Puppet.

Tenth Gate Prize Submission Deadline
2017-06-01 - 2017-07-15
Tenth Gate will receive poetry manuscripts electronically only. For full submission guidelines, check our website.

Cafe Muse: Jean Nordhaus and Jeneva Stone
2017-05-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Jean Nordhaus and Jeneva Stone.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Cafe Muse: Nathan McCain and Noah Stetzer
2017-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Nathan McCain and Noah Stetzer.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

HTCC Submission Deadline
2017-04-15 - 2017-05-01
The Word Works is accepting poetry manuscripts from poets who either volunteer for The Word Works or other organizations. There is no submission fee for Word Works volunteers.
Find full submission guidelines on our website.
Hilary Tham Capital Collection

Cafe Muse: Annie Kim and Ross White
2017-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Annie Kim and Ross White.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Cafe Muse: Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse and Katherine E. Young
2017-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse and Katherine E. Young.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Word Works 2017 New Authors Reading—International Hostel
2017-02-10 18:00 - 19:30 | International Hostel, 1009 11th St, NW, Washington, 20001
At AWP 2017, The Word Works is launching 10 books and sponsoring two off-campus readings.
On Friday February 10, the lobby of the International Hostel is the 2nd and final off-campus AWP reading and will feature:
Annik Adey-Babinski
Nathalie Anderson
Jessica Cuello
David Eye
Ann Pelletier
Roger Sendarat
Fritz Ward
Amber West
Nancy White
Mary-Sherman Willis
From the Walter Washington Convention Center, the International Hostel is a short walk.

Word Works Wall of Books 2017 New Authors Reading
2017-02-08 17:30 - 19:20 | Walls of Books, 3325 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
At AWP 2017, The Word Works is launching 10 books and sponsoring two off-campus readings.
On Wednesday February 8, Walls of Books is the first off-campus AWP reading and will feature:
Nathalie Anderson
Jessica Cuello
David Eye
Ann Pelletier
Fritz Ward
Amber West
Mary-Sherman Willis
From the Walter Washington Convention Center, take a Metro bus north on 7th Ave which becomes Georgia Avenue or contact Uber or Lyft.
The 2nd reading takes place on Friday, February 10 in the lobby of International Hosteling. See Event entry for details.

AWP Book Fair—Booth 866
2017-02-08 10:00 - 2017-02-11 17:00 | Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
The Word Works invites AWP conference-goers to visit booth 866 to see our new titles and chat about publication options and our ongoing events in Washington, DC.
Come and meet Word Works president Nancy White and authors of Word Works books.

Washington Prize Submission Deadline
2017-01-15 08:00 - 2017-03-15 23:59
Submit your poetry manuscripts through our online submission manager or postmark your paper submission by midnight of our due date. See our website for submission details.
Visit our AWP booth 866 for details and to see books that have won the Washington Prize.

Cafe Muse: Veils, Halos & Shackles: inc Linda Pastan
2016-12-05 19:00 - 20:45 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings from Veils, Halos and Shackles: International Poetry on the Abuse and Oppression of Women with poets Ned Balbo, Roberta Beary, Linda Pastan, Jane Satterfield and moderator Charles Fishman.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Cafe Muse: Barbara Duffey & Joelle Biele
2016-11-21 19:00 - 20:45 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Barbara Duffey and Joelle Biele.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Cafe Muse: David Baker & Stanley Plumly
2016-10-17 19:00 - 20:45 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets David Baker and Stanley Plumly.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Cafe Muse: Cheryl Clarke & Carol Jennings
2016-09-19 19:00 - 20:45 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Cheryl Clarke and Carol Jennings.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Cafe Muse: ALT Translators Carlson & Kercheval
2016-08-15 19:00 - 20:45 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the ALT translators Nancy Naomi Carlson and Jesse Lee Kercheval.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series: Jason Gebhardt & Amie Whittemore.
2016-07-31 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015
The Word Works in Collaboration with Rock Creek Park features poetry with featured readers Jason Gebhardt & Amie Whittemore.
Sign up at 2:45 pm for our open poetry mic (one poem under 2 minutes).
Handicap accessible. Check with the Rock Creek Nature Center for access.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series: Teri Ellen Cross Davis & Richard Levine
2016-07-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015
The Word Works in Collaboration with Rock Creek Park features poetry with featured readers Teri Ellen Cross Davis & Richard Levine.
Sign up at 2:45 pm for our open poetry mic (one poem under 2 minutes).
Handicap accessible. Check with the Rock Creek Nature Center for access.

Cafe Muse: Carrie Bennett & Celeste Doaks
2016-07-18 19:00 - 20:45 | Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815, United States
The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Carrie Bennett and Celeste Doaks.
Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings begin at 7:30.
Friendship Heights Village Center is la 7 minute walk from Friendship Heights Western Avenue Redline subway stop. All Café Muse programs are free to the public and handicap accessible. Come out and hear some good poetry, and read some of your own!
Our Cafe Muse co-directors are Rocky Delaplaine, Susan Okie and Henry Crawford.

Joaquin Miller Poetry Series: Karren Alenier & Ayaz Pirani
2016-07-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium, 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015
The Word Works in Collaboration with Rock Creek Park features poetry with featured readers Karren Alenier & Ayaz Pirani.
Sign up at 2:45 pm for our open poetry mic (one poem under 2 minutes).
Handicap accessible. Check with the Rock Creek Nature Center for access.
